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TechCrunch Daily Crunch

Fisker faced financial distress as early as last August

TechCrunch Daily Crunch

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Tech News, Technology, News

438 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Fisker faced financial distress as early as last August.

0:52.2

I'm Iran Shake and get ready because it's time for

0:54.2

your daily crunch for Saturday starting with three big headlines.

0:59.1

Cruz, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, has agreed to pay a $112,500 fine for failing

1:07.1

to provide full information about an incident involving one of its robot taxis last year. The settlement with the California Public Utilities Commission

1:15.2

not only avoids litigation, it puts crews in a position to restart operations in the state.

1:20.5

The settlement agreement brings this dispute to a close, allowing the Commission staff

1:24.6

to devote their resources to Cruz's regulatory oversight rather than engage and potentially

1:30.3

protracted litigation, reads the ruling.

1:33.0

Cruz received backlash in October 2023 after a cruise robot taxi ran over a pedestrian

1:38.5

that had been flung into its path after being hit by a human-driven vehicle.

1:42.7

The robot taxi then dragged the pedestrian 20 feet as it was attempting a pullover maneuver,

1:48.0

a fact that crew staff didn't immediately share with the CPUC and other state and federal regulators when they probe the company.

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